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Hartzell V. Schaff

Hartzell V. Schaff

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Medicine

D-Index
160
Citations
100568
World Ranking
785
National Ranking
443

Overview

Hartzell V. Schaff is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research output spans several subfields including surgery, epidemiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The primary areas of study in Schaff's work include cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, cardiac valve diseases and treatments, cardiac structural anomalies and repair, cardiovascular function and risk factors, congenital heart disease studies, infective endocarditis diagnosis and management, and aortic disease and treatment approaches.

Frequent collaborators in research include Joseph A. Dearani, Juan A. Crestanello, Jeffrey B. Geske, Steve R. Ommen, and Kevin L. Greason. This network of coauthors reflects the collaborative nature of Schaff's research in cardiac medicine.

Schaff has published extensively in several key medical journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Mayo Clinic Proceedings
  • JTCVS Open

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Schaff cover important developments and guidelines in cardiology, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and myosin inhibition therapies. Selected examples include:

  • 2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Executive Summary (2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • 2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • 2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (2020, Circulation)
  • Myosin Inhibition in Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Referred for Septal Reduction Therapy (2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • 2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Executive Summary (2020, Circulation)

The research contributions by Schaff emphasize clinical guidelines and therapeutic approaches relating to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a complex cardiac condition affecting heart muscle function.

Best Publications

  • ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention--summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/SCAI Writing Committee to update the 2001 Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention).

    Sidney C. Smith;Ted E. Feldman;John W. Hirshfeld;Alice K. Jacobs

  • Valvular Heart Disease Associated with Fenfluramine–Phentermine

    Heidi M. Connolly;Jack L. Crary;Michael D. McGoon;Donald D. Hensrud

  • 2007 Focused update of the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines

    Spencer B. King;Sidney C. Smith;John W. Hirshfeld;Alice K. Jacobs

  • Quantitative determinants of the outcome of asymptomatic mitral regurgitation

    Maurice Enriquez-Sarano;Jean François Avierinos;David Messika-Zeitoun;Delphine Detaint

  • ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 Guideline Update for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

    Sidney C. Smith;Ted E. Feldman;John W. Hirshfeld;Alice K. Jacobs

  • Valve repair improves the outcome of surgery for mitral regurgitation: A multivariate analysis

    M Enriquez-Sarano;H V Schaff;T A Orszulak;A J Tajik

  • ACC/AHA Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Revision of the 1993 PTCA Guidelines)—Executive Summary

    Jr Smith;J. T. Dove;A. K. Jacobs;J. W. Kennedy

  • 2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Steve R. Ommen;Seema Mital;Michael A. Burke;Sharlene M. Day

  • Long-term effects of surgical septal myectomy on survival in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

    Steve R. Ommen;Barry J. Maron;Iacopo Olivotto;Martin S. Maron

  • Clinical Features and Differential Diagnosis of Aortic Dissection: Experience With 236 Cases (1980 Through 1990)

    Peter C. Spittell;John A. Spittell;John W. Joyce;A. Jamil Tajik

  • 2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 Guideline Update for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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  • ACC/AHA Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Revision of the 1993 PTCA Guidelines)—Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1993 Guidelines for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty) Endorsed by the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions

    Sidney C. Smith;James T. Dove;Alice K. Jacobs;J. Ward Kennedy

  • Echocardiographic prediction of survival after surgical correction of organic mitral regurgitation.

    M Enriquez-Sarano;A J Tajik;H V Schaff;T A Orszulak

  • Acute Aortic Dissection: Population-Based Incidence Compared With Degenerative Aortic Aneurysm Rupture

    W. Darrin Clouse;John W. Hallett;Hartzell V. Schaff;Peter C. Spittell

  • Clinical outcome of mitral regurgitation due to flail leaflet.

    Lieng H. Ling;Maurice Enriquez-Sarano;James B. Seward;A. Jamil Tajik

  • American Society of Echocardiography clinical recommendations for multimodality cardiovascular imaging of patients with pericardial disease: endorsed by the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

    Allan L. Klein;Suhny Abbara;Deborah A. Agler;Christopher P. Appleton

  • Comparison of Surgical and Medical Group Survival in Patients With Left Main Coronary Artery Disease Long-term CASS Experience

    Eugene A. Caracciolo;Kathryn B. Davis;George Sopko;George C. Kaiser

  • Constrictive Pericarditis in the Modern Era Evolving Clinical Spectrum and Impact on Outcome After Pericardiectomy

    Lieng H. Ling;Jae K. Oh;Hartzell V. Schaff;Gordon K. Danielson

  • Intensive intraoperative insulin therapy versus conventional glucose management during cardiac surgery: a randomized trial.

    Gunjan Y. Gandhi;Gregory A. Nuttall;Martin D. Abel;Charles J. Mullany

  • Five- to fifteen-year follow-up after Fontan operation.

    David J. Driscoll;Kenneth P. Offord;Robert H. Feldt;Hartzell V Schaff

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